The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1887-06-09
THE CONNOTTON SHOPS.
About Fsur Thousand Dollars Necessary
to Retain Them.
An EnihusiasticaMeeting Held In the AS
sembly ROOm---LIst Of the Commit
tees Appointed to Solicit
Subscriptions.

The joint meeting Of the Board Of
Trade and Business Mems Association
IN the Assembly Room, Tuesday evening
to take action toward securing thirteen
acres OF land, to be donated to the Cleye.
land q Canton railroad, as a site for
their new shops, was attended by sever.
al hundred enthusiastic citizens.
President W. W. Clark, of the Beard of
Trade, and President Keplinger, of the
Business Mems Association, presided
over the meeting. Louis Schaefer, Rs0.,
made q stirring speech. He said the
directory Of the Cleveland & Canton
road would be here by the first Of next
week and expect q reply as to whether
Canton would donate the thirteen acres
OF ground required. The citizens
should take D. Ompt action and have the
land ready when 1t ls asked for. The
road will soon be made Q standard
Ruage and extended to ZsnesVilIe.
Beyond this the Pittsbufg, Marion &
Chicago railroad was already built from
Plttsblrg to New Lisbon and graded to
Minerva. IL Will soon be extended to
chicago junction, which will give IL q
through line from Pittsburg to Chicago.
The Cleveland & Canton will cooperate
Win THE road and thus Canton will
secure another valuable east and west
trunk line. The extension Of the road
to zanesYiIle will also give 1t connec.
tlon with the B. q 0. system. Mr.. I.
Schaefer's remarks were loudly Bp-
Dlauded.
Upon motion Of Mayor Blake, Il was
decided to appoint thirty committeeman
to solicit 5000. There is at present
81 300 In the fund and 1t will be neces-
sRry to purchase only about six and q
half acres Of Mr.. Jahn's land, as Messrs.
Rowland and Albert will dotate their
portion OF the desired ground.
After the committeeman were aD-
pointed the meeting adjourned.
THE COMMITTEEMAN.
At meeting of the committeeman
William Dsnnemiller was chosen chair
man and Il. A. CaVnRh secretary.
The committeeman were classified to
solicit as follows:
PrOfessi nal Mentions. johnson
Sherrick and William Mckinley, Jr,
MsnufactureIs-H. G. Fogle, Jacob
Miller, ]. r, Reynolds and D. Tyler.
Real Estate, Insurance and Livery
Men-JOhn Kitzmlller and W. L. Alex
ander.
Officials, Politicians, Capitalists and
Bsnkers-John r. Blake and Charles r,
Fraser.
GrOcers, Furniture, Cigars, Tobacco
and Clothing William Dannemiller
and Thomas Keefer.
jewelers., Druggists, Book Stores, Shoe
stores and Confecti0Rerg-A. SchWeFt-
ner and James Valleley.
Lumbermen, Planning Mill and Con-
tractors--H. A. Cavnsh and ]. N. Camp.
bell.
Hotels, Brewers, Saloons, LIQUOR Deal.
ers and BOttling Works-M. Bsst, Otto
Geissen, Philip Wild and Charles Mist,
Dry Goods, Millinery and Hardware
David Z9llars al d johnson Sherrick.
FOundries, Stove and Tinware, Plumb
ers, and such as not named for sny Of
the foregoing, china stores, paint stores,
saddle and harness shops and special
lines-J0seDh Blechele and 8. N. Mobiles.
o. motion Mr.. w. W. Clark was re-.
quested to prepare the subscription
books.
On motion. adjourned to meet at W. L,
Alexander's office Wednesday evening
at eight o'clock.
The committees are requested to be
present and receive their books and
final instructions to proceed to work,
Each committee is expected to accent
the above notice and appointment as a
basis of operation and proceed at once,
It Is expected that the money will be
raised and report Of the fact made at a
public meeting in the Assembly Room
Friday night.